Bathing-suit pocket.



A. ELLMAN & S. PAULL.

BATHING SUIT POCKET.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 6. 1914.

1,142,509. Patented June 8,1915.

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UNETED STATES PATENT QFFKE ABRAHAM ELLMAN AND SAMUEL PAULL, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A SSIGNORS OF ONE THIRD T0 SOLv GITELMAN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BATHING-SUIT POCKET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 6, 1914. Serial No. 849,021.

To all whom it may concern I Be it known that we, ABRAHAM ELLMAN and SAMUEL PAULL, respectively a subject of the Czar of Russia anda citizen of the United States, and residing at New York, in .the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Bathing-Suit Pockets, of which the following isa specification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to pockets for bathing suits, and the object thereof is to pro vide a bathing suit or any part thereof with a waterproof pocket in'which small change, keys, cigars, cigarettes or other small arti cles may be carried while bathing and with this and other objects in view the invention consists in a device of the class specified, constructed as hereinafter describedand claimed. c

The invention is fully disclosed; in the following specification, of which the-accompanying drawing forms a part, in which the separate parts of our improvement are designated by suitable reference characters in each of the views, and in which Figure 1 is a vertical section of the body part of a bathing suit and showing one form of our improved waterproof pocket applied thereto; Fig. 2 a side view of the pocket detached; Fig. 3 a plan view of the pocket detached but showing the same partially open; Fig. 4: a cross section on the line 4,4 of Fig. 2 and indicating the garment only in dotted lines; Fig. 5 a view similar to Fig. 4 but showing a modification and showing the pocket only, and showing it closed in full lines and indicating it open in dotted lines; Fig. 6 a plan view of the pocket construction shown in Fig. 5 and also showing it open; and, Fig. 7 a side view of the pocket shown in Fig. 5.

In Fig. 1 of the accompanying drawing, we have shown at a a part of the front of the'body member of a bathing suit, and at b one form of our improved waterproof pocket.

The pocket I) is of the usual general form and is made of waterproof material, and said pocket is open at the top in the manner of a pocketbook having side jaws which are held together by clamps, or small handbags of a similar construction.

With this construction the open end of the pocket is provided witha head 6 consisting of two paralleljaw members 1) which may be secured to the outer side of the pocket walls in the usual or any preferred manner, and the inner sides of which are provided with thick softrubber strips 6 which are brought together when the pocket is closed, and the jaw members consist of separate parts connected by elbow hinges 6 adapted to open outwardly and the parts of the jaw members 6 are made of different lengths as shown in Fig. 3, sothat whensaid jaw members are brought together and the pocket closed, the hinges b will not be in the same transverse position.

Each ofthe jaw members Z2 is provided witha U-shaped clamp 0 one side of which is longer thanthe other and'one of which is hinged to one jaw member and the other to the other aw member as shown at 0 and with this construction in the operation of opening the pocket, the clamps 0 are raised or turned backwardly and the jaw members 6 open laterally so as to admit of the insertion of an article 'or articles into the pocket and the removal thereof when desired.

The garment member a is provided with a I I transverse pocket opening a and in the use of ourimproved bathing suit pocket, said pocket is placed on the inner side of the garment and the head 6 thereof is passed outwardly through the pocket opening 05 as clearly shown in Fig. 1. The sides of the pocket are provided adjacent to the head thereof with flaps or flies b which are stitched to the inner side of the garment'to hold the pocket in position, and the bottom of the pocketis also provided with tabs and eyelets 6 whereby it may be secured to the garment, or any other suitable devices may be employed for this purpose. I

The poket shown in Figs. 5 and 6 is very similar in form to an ordinary pocketbook having hinged jaws which open outwardly and are held together by clamp devices. In this form of construction, instead of using the separate cushioned or rubber strips 72 on the opposite side parts of the open end of the pocket, as shown in Fig. 4, we provide a single thick rubber sheet (1 folded centrally as shown at d and the side portions of which are secured to the side parts of the stiuction the pocket when opened, as indicatod in dotted lines in Fig. 5 presents the appearance shown in Fig. 6, the sheet d being extended and the opening into the pocket being shown at (Z and being formed in the sheet d. This form of construction is provided with jaws 6 similar to the yoke-shaped jaws of a pocketbook and which are secured to the sides of the pocket and form a part of the head thereof which is passed through the hole a in the garment in the same manner as the form of pocket shown in Figs. 1 to 41: inclusive, and the jaws 6 may be held together by clamps similar to those shown in Figs. 1 to 1 inclusive, or by any other suitable devices of this class.

' Instead of using the pocket in connection with the body part of a bathing suit, as hereinbefore described and as indicated in Fig. 1, it may be used in connection with the waistband portion of the trunks or trousers of a bathing suit, and while we have shown and described the preferred form or forms of our improved bathing suit pocket, our invention is not limited to the exact details of construction herein shown and described, and changes therein and modifications thereof may be made within the scope of the appended claims.

Having fully described our invention, what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A waterproof pocket for bathing suits, said pocket being open at one end and provided with two jaws having waterproof cushions on their inner sides and which are adapted to open outwardly, each of said jaws consisting of separate parts hinged together and the hinge of one jaw being in a different transverse line from the hinge of the other jaw.

2. A bathing garment provided with a waterproof pocket having a head portion passing outwardly through the garment, said pocket being secured to the garment and said head portion consisting of jaws which are adapted to open outwardly and which are made waterproof when closed.

3. The combination with a bathing garment of a waterproof pocket having a head portion which passes outwardly through a part of said garment, said pocket being secured to said garment and said head portion consisting of hinged jaws which are adapted to open outwardly and which are provided on their inner sides with waterproof cushions, and means for securing said jaws together.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing.

as our invention we have signed our names in presence of the subscribing witnesses this th day of June, 1914.

ABRAHAM ELLMAN. SAMUEL PAULL.

Witnesses:

C. MULREANY, H. E. THoMrsoN.

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